Improvement in horse-powers



R. BALL.

Horse-Powers. No. 155,061. Patented Sept. 15, 1874.

WITNESSES I I l-NVENTOR I Y Attorneys THE GRAPHIC CO.FHOT0LlTH.S5 3\4l PA-RK PLACE N Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD BALL, OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO W. H. TAPPEY AND ALEXANDER STEEL, OF SAME PLACE.

lMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,061, dated September 15, 1874; application filed August 6, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD BALL, of Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse- Powers; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a horsepower, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view of my horsepower. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a view of a detached part thereof.

A represents-the bed-frame of my horsepower, upon which is placed a circular plate, B, provided with radial arms 0 O. These arms are firmly secured to the frame A, and

their outer ends are turned upward at right angles and support a rim, D, which is cogged along its inner circumference. .The plate B and arms 0 form, in fact, the hub' and spokes of the wheel, of which D is the rim. In the center of the plate or hub B is secured a vertical shaft, a, and on this shaft is placed an elongated huh',-b, formed at one end of a plate, E. The outer end of this plate is forked, as shown in Fig. 3, forming two prongs, d d. The lower prong d forms a box or step for a shaft, f, to rest in, said shaft passing through the end of the upper prong d. On the shaft f, between the prongs d d, is secured a pinion, h, which gears with the interior cogged wheel D. On the upper end of said shaft f is secured a cog-wheel, G, which gears with a pinion, 45, formed on the lower end of the elongated hub is of the cog-wheel H. This wheel and hub are placed on the vertical shaft a, the hub resting on the upper end of the hub I). From the upper end of this hub I) extend horizontal flanged arms I I, in which the levers J J are secured. On the upper end of the shaft or is secured a cross-bar, K, by means of a setscrew, 00, and on each end of said cross-bar is formed or attached a box or hearing, m, for a shaft, L, to revolve in. This shaft is at one end provided with a pinion, n, which meshes with the cog-wheel H, and on the other end of the shaft, beyond the circumference of the wheel, is secured a band-Wheel, P.

By loosening the set-screw 0c the bar K can be turned in any direction desired, so as to set the band-wheel in proper position to operate whatever machinery is intended to be run by the horse-power.

The shaft f, which carries the gear-wheels h and G, being supported in the box or socket formed by the lower fork, (1, creates the minimum amount of friction, as the hub of the wheel G does not rest upon the upper fork, (1, but is slightly elevated therefrom.

I do not broadly claim' an inner-toothed master wheel, into which gears a pinion mounted 011 a shaft, which shaft is provided with a wheel on its top gearing into a wheel on the central shaft, for imparting motion, through a large and small beveled wheel, to a band-wheel, as I am aware that such is not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the shaft a, and the wheel H surrounding the same, of the bar K, supporting the shaft L, with pinion n and band-wheel I, and held thereto by the setscrew 00, for adjustment at any angle on the shaft, as set forth.

2. The combination of the stationary wheel B O D, shaft to, plate E, with hub b, shaft f, gear-wheels h Gr, pinion i, gear-wheels H n,

shaft L, and band-wheel P, all substantially I as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of July, 1874.

RICHARD BALL.

Witnesses WILLIAM ALEXANDER, WM. 0. LUMsnEN. 

